If you would like to learn about the athletes outside of the USA, good luck getting it from NBC. They only see RED, WHITE & BLUE!!!! They take out their POM POMS and will spotlight an american bronze medalist over a non-american gold medalist.

If you would like to learn about the athletes outside of the USA, good luck getting it from NBC. They only see RED, WHITE & BLUE!!!! They take out their POM POMS and will spotlight an american bronze medalist over a non-american gold medalist.

I'd be kinda Ok with the "Yeah USA" thing if they were showing us new or unknown Americans but seriously, if I see one more interview with Phelps. or the "Fab Five", I'm gonna scream. They really aren't remotely interesting anymore except for their sports talent.

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Move to Canada. There you can get all the sports with non-stop coverage and all the athletes regardless of country.

Over the air for free, or on paid cable/satellite tv?
Down here we have 8 channels televising all kinds of stuff, but it's on cable. If you want to watch on free to air then you are part of the lowest common denominator and so the coverage is focussed on either the aussies or the glamour events. As one would expect.

Move to Canada. There you can get all the sports with non-stop coverage and all the athletes regardless of country.

Over the air for free, or on paid cable/satellite tv?
Down here we have 8 channels televising all kinds of stuff, but it's on cable. If you want to watch on free to air then you are part of the lowest common denominator and so the coverage is focussed on either the aussies or the glamour events. As one would expect.

We'll have to ask Martini Man. I haven't been there for a number of years myself, but Hubby lived there quite a long time and he remembers it as being multiple 'free' channels with just about any sport you wanted to watch. It could have changed of course.

I rarely watch the nbc primetime coverage, too many stories, too much lochte/phelps. However, I am enjoying their ipad app 'Olympic live extra', so I've been able to see loads of live sports and loved the weightlifting earlier today! They also have tons of replays.

Move to Canada. There you can get all the sports with non-stop coverage and all the athletes regardless of country.

Over the air for free, or on paid cable/satellite tv?
Down here we have 8 channels televising all kinds of stuff, but it's on cable. If you want to watch on free to air then you are part of the lowest common denominator and so the coverage is focussed on either the aussies or the glamour events. As one would expect.

We'll have to ask Martini Man. I haven't been there for a number of years myself, but Hubby lived there quite a long time and he remembers it as being multiple 'free' channels with just about any sport you wanted to watch. It could have changed of course.

here in washington state we used to get the canadian coverage on cable, but evidently cbut lost the olympic contract. too bad cuz that was the best coverage; lots of events the american network didn't show and not a talk-a-thon. i was hoping we'd see some coverage on bbcam, but no such luck.

at least we're not seeing all the political ads that sorf referred to. whew.

If you would like to learn about the athletes outside of the USA, good luck getting it from NBC. They only see RED, WHITE & BLUE!!!! They take out their POM POMS and will spotlight an american bronze medalist over a non-american gold medalist.

I take it you didn't see the broadcast of the Italy vs Russia Women's Beach Volleyball match last night...

The problem is not his ego, it's America's unreasonable expectations of him. Phelps has admitted that he is NOT the best swimmer in the world anymore, and that he's basically in London to have a good time, not to win. Don't give him credit for his perceived disappointment, give it to the US media.

The problem is not his ego, it's America's unreasonable expectations of him. Phelps has admitted that he is NOT the best swimmer in the world anymore, and that he's basically in London to have a good time, not to win. Don't give him credit for his perceived disappointment, give it to the US media.

I think it's gone to his head. I do agree with you though these people expect him to be Superman, and these are unrealalistic expectations. But I think Ryan Lochte got a taste of how quickly the U.S in general (press, citizens, whatever) can turn on you, one night he's a hero, the next he "cost the U.S the gold".

I rarely watch the nbc primetime coverage, too many stories, too much lochte/phelps. However, I am enjoying their ipad app 'Olympic live extra', so I've been able to see loads of live sports and loved the weightlifting earlier today! They also have tons of replays.

best Olympics 'cause I can bypass the canned processed N"BS" stuff at will and watch live action!

Serious question, I have followed him for almost 12 years now, I've read 3-4 books he wrote, and I never got the impression he had any ego at all let alone a big ego, what has he done to give you this perception of him

Serious question, I have followed him for almost 12 years now, I've read 3-4 books he wrote, and I never got the impression he had any ego at all let along a big ego, who has he done to give you this perception of him?

Phelps always struck me as being humble and in awe of what he's accomplished, and totally acknowledges the role that others (including his family) played in his success.

Phelps always struck me as being humble and in awe of what he's accomplished, and totally acknowledges the role that others (including his family) played in his success.

That's the impression I've had of him as well, he has always been grateful of his family, especially his mom and everything she has done for him, as well as his sisters, but also all of his coaches, mainly Bob Bowman, his many coach, but also all of his teammates, some teammates have even said he is one of the best teammates and most down to earth people they've ever met.

As far as Ryan Lochte goes, I've never gotten that impression, granted I haven't followed him as much or as long as I have followed Michael, but I've gotten the impression he is just motivated and confident in his abilities that he can be the best in the world.

If you would like to learn about the athletes outside of the USA, good luck getting it from NBC. They only see RED, WHITE & BLUE!!!! They take out their POM POMS and will spotlight an american bronze medalist over a non-american gold medalist.

I'd be kinda Ok with the "Yeah USA" thing if they were showing us new or unknown Americans but seriously, if I see one more interview with Phelps. or the "Fab Five", I'm gonna scream. They really aren't remotely interesting anymore except for their sports talent.

Oh caune, last night they started talking about the heartbreak of somebody on the fab five & I about threw my shoe at the TV. I did stop myself. I like the basketball, vollyball, (all varieties) and I would like to see womens' water polo because a local is on the team.

As far as Ryan Lochte goes, I've never gotten that impression, granted I haven't followed him as much or as long as I have followed Michael, but I've gotten the impression he is just motivated and confident in his abilities that he can be the best in the world.

That's the sense I got from an interview they did with him at his home -- maybe he just came off the wrong way. He was in his huge walk-in closet and was talking about the [god awfully tacky] sneakers he designed.

As far as Ryan Lochte goes, I've never gotten that impression, granted I haven't followed him as much or as long as I have followed Michael, but I've gotten the impression he is just motivated and confident in his abilities that he can be the best in the world.

That's the sense I got from an interview they did with him at his home -- maybe he just came off the wrong way. He was in his huge walk-in closet and was talking about the [god awfully tacky] sneakers he designed.

Granted I wouldn't buy those shoes to wear, but I've always liked them, they seem to fit him perfectly, he is a fun guy with a big personality.

As far as Ryan Lochte goes, I've never gotten that impression, granted I haven't followed him as much or as long as I have followed Michael, but I've gotten the impression he is just motivated and confident in his abilities that he can be the best in the world.

That's the sense I got from an interview they did with him at his home -- maybe he just came off the wrong way. He was in his huge walk-in closet and was talking about the [god awfully tacky] sneakers he designed.

Granted I wouldn't buy those shoes to wear, but I've always liked them, they seem to fit him perfectly, he is a fun guy with a big personality.

As far as Ryan Lochte goes, I've never gotten that impression, granted I haven't followed him as much or as long as I have followed Michael, but I've gotten the impression he is just motivated and confident in his abilities that he can be the best in the world.

That's the sense I got from an interview they did with him at his home -- maybe he just came off the wrong way. He was in his huge walk-in closet and was talking about the [god awfully tacky] sneakers he designed.

Granted I wouldn't buy those shoes to wear, but I've always liked them, they seem to fit him perfectly, he is a fun guy with a big personality.

Huh. You see fun guy with big personality. I saw giant douchebag.

I hope you are the one that is right.

Are you referring to the shoes or the person?

If you are referring to the person, yes I've followed him for 4-5 years and I've never gotten the impression you've had of him, he does have a big personality, but like I mentioned about Michael he is very grateful for everyone who has supported him, and he does have a big personality, he likes to be "loud" and just go out and have fun.

On a separate note he also dedicated his first gold medal to all of his fans who supported him over the years in his quest for Olympic gold.

In the commercial break before they showed the tape-delayed Missy Franklin race, the Today Show promo came on to spoil that she had won and would be on the show the next day! So not only do we have to skip twitter and the Web but also blot out all sound completely!

In the commercial break before they showed the tape-delayed Missy Franklin race, the Today Show promo came on to spoil that she had won and would be on the show the next day! So not only do we have to skip twitter and the Web but also blot out all sound completely!

Ugh that was annoying, at least I expect the games in Rio will be live ( except for the folk on the west coast)

In the commercial break before they showed the tape-delayed Missy Franklin race, the Today Show promo came on to spoil that she had won and would be on the show the next day! So not only do we have to skip twitter and the Web but also blot out all sound completely!

In the commercial break before they showed the tape-delayed Missy Franklin race, the Today Show promo came on to spoil that she had won and would be on the show the next day! So not only do we have to skip twitter and the Web but also blot out all sound completely!

Ugh that was annoying, at least I expect the games in Rio will be live ( except for the folk on the west coast)

NBC has no clue what they're doing this year. With all the news outlets(on TV & online), plus social media announcing who's won & lost as it happens, NBC simply can not do tape delayed broadcasting anymore. The men's gymnastics final, all swimming, volleyball, and whatever else they stock up on for their primetime coverage also needs to be shown live during the day and simply rebroadcast it from 8pm-11pm. And it doesn't help that their Olympic's website updates us on everything as it happens, even if NBC is holding off on showing it during "primetime". We should see everything live during the 2016 games in Rio, but the 2014 winter games are in Russia, the 2018winter games in South Korea and based on the finalists for 2020summer games(Madrid, Spain; Istanbul, Turkey; & Tokyo, Japan), we're getting screwed.

I have a question for people who are saying they should show events live, they do show some events live, but if they did show swimming/gymnastics/track and field the bigger sports live, how many people would be watching at 4am or whatever time, and if they switched and showed the big sports live and waited for the the smaller sports live wouldn't people who are watching the prime time events complain they aren't showing any big sports, or the big sports are being showed at times they can't watch for various reason.

I think a lot of people would still tune in during primetime. but the biggest complaint is that NBC is withholding airing certain events live and saving them for primetime. there isn't really an option to see these events live, yet everyone is announcing the winners anyways before NBC airs their tape-delayed broadcast.

another complaint is the "whip-around" coverage they're doing during the day. NBC will change what they're airing to show something else and yet they seem to forget to return to their previous event to show the end result. Only the tennis coverage on BRAVO has been consistent.

I think a lot of people would still tune in during primetime. but the biggest complaint is that NBC is withholding airing certain events live and saving them for primetime. there isn't really an option to see these events live, yet everyone is announcing the winners anyways before NBC airs their tape-delayed broadcast.

another complaint is the "whip-around" coverage they're doing during the day. NBC will change what they're airing to show something else and yet they seem to forget to return to their previous event to show the end result. Only the tennis coverage on BRAVO has been consistent.

They aren't airing certain events live, but they are airing other events, during the men's gymnastics team finals I believe they were showing volleyball, equestrian, fencing, judo, boxing, tennis rowing, canoeing, etc all live. But if it was switched, they showed gymnastics live and on the prime time coverage were delayed equestrian, judo, boxing, tennis, etc. wouldn't people be complaining they aren't showing gymnastics, swimming, track and field, etc. Or would people be perfectly content missing the live coverage and having to watch the smaller sports. I think a lot of people would still be complaining perhaps different people, but still a lot of people.

As for your 2nd complaint, I haven't really noticed that issue, when I watch the one the says swimming it's swimming, or volleyball it's volleyball, etc. I noticed they would go to another event when there was a break in the action, example half time of basketball, but they would go back when it started again.

Move to Canada. There you can get all the sports with non-stop coverage and all the athletes regardless of country.

Exactly. We get all the NBC coverage here, plus a few other networks that are covering the Olympics extensively. And all of the other networks are showing different events from each other. I'm getting an Olympic overload here. My DVR is running amok.

Move to Canada. There you can get all the sports with non-stop coverage and all the athletes regardless of country.

Over the air for free, or on paid cable/satellite tv?
Down here we have 8 channels televising all kinds of stuff, but it's on cable. If you want to watch on free to air then you are part of the lowest common denominator and so the coverage is focussed on either the aussies or the glamour events. As one would expect.

We'll have to ask Martini Man. I haven't been there for a number of years myself, but Hubby lived there quite a long time and he remembers it as being multiple 'free' channels with just about any sport you wanted to watch. It could have changed of course.

I have three separate channels that are non-paying channels showing extensive coverage of every country. One channel is obviously focusing on Canadians only, but the other two are focusing on everything, and then on our digital cable package, which is the cheapest package there are a few more channels covering the entire spectrum of countries/events/athletes.

I think a lot of people would still tune in during primetime. but the biggest complaint is that NBC is withholding airing certain events live and saving them for primetime. there isn't really an option to see these events live, yet everyone is announcing the winners anyways before NBC airs their tape-delayed broadcast.

another complaint is the "whip-around" coverage they're doing during the day. NBC will change what they're airing to show something else and yet they seem to forget to return to their previous event to show the end result. Only the tennis coverage on BRAVO has been consistent.

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Plus I want to see ALL Americans receive their medals not just the ones who win Gold.

I think there's just too much going on for NBC to cover everything on TV. My only complaint is the difficulty in finding what I want to watch -- the listings tend to give a whole laundry list of stuff that's going to be covered on a given station, and there's some overlap between channels. I watched archery and the French v. Colombia women's soccer game before I realized the US women's game was on a channel buried way down on my channel guide.

The whole "save the good stuff for prime time" thing is good for people who (a) don't want to clog up their Tivo or DVR with hours of Olympics coverage and (b) work all day. I just happen to be home, recuperating from major surgery, so not only am I stuck in the house, I'm not exactly mobile enough to get away from the television. Couldn't have timed this better -- I was getting tired of watching regular daytime programming!

I have noticed most news stations are giving spoiler alerts, telling folks to either mute their tvs or look away from the screen

In the commercial break before they showed the tape-delayed Missy Franklin race, the Today Show promo came on to spoil that she had won and would be on the show the next day! So not only do we have to skip twitter and the Web but also blot out all sound completely!

Ugh that was annoying, at least I expect the games in Rio will be live ( except for the folk on the west coast)

ding, ding, ding We have a winner.
Could you call NBC and explain about this new fangled DVR thing because apparently they think we are all primitive here on the West coast.
Not only do they delay coverage for prime time but they FURTHER delay our coverage for 3 f'in hours. It's a pisser that IF I can avoid scores I have to wait til 7 pm to even start watching....and oh they drag this shit on 11 pm LOL

And the reverse to their craziness. I knew how the men's gymnastics turned out, because hell, you just can't avoid all the tons of outlets that give scores, so I skipped that evenings prime time coverage preferring Home Hunters to a major team melt down LOL

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ding, ding, ding We have a winner.
Could you call NBC and explain about this new fangled DVR thing because apparently they think we are all primitive here on the West coast.
Not only do they delay coverage for prime time but they FURTHER delay our coverage for 3 f'in hours. It's a pisser that IF I can avoid scores I have to wait til 7 pm to even start watching....and oh they drag this shit on 11 pm LOL

And the reverse to their craziness. I knew how the men's gymnastics turned out, because hell, you just can't avoid all the tons of outlets that give scores, so I skipped that evenings prime time coverage preferring Home Hunters to a major team melt down LOL

Part of the fun of living on the West Coast is that things start and end earlier so that I can get to sleep at a decent hour. It really really annoys me that the things I want to see are showing after 11PM. In fact, on most nights I don't watch at all - I record and watch other stuff which means I skip right past the commercials. How much of the "ratings" are now of programs beign DVR-ed, which means the advertisers can get ignored?

I did see one commercial that completely amused me: Liberty Mutual had a series of accidents to show how life happens and they cover it. Things like a guy driving into his garage with his bikes still on his bike rack or a lady closing the glass door just before someone else runs into it. But it was all so subtle that it made me laugh with an "I could see myself doing that" attitude.

Perhaps more so than ever, non-traditional sports viewers such as women and children, and various digital platforms including Twitter, are driving NBC to huge ratings for its primetime coverage of the Olympics. Through Tuesday, the network averaged 35.6 million viewers through the first five nights.

That's 10 percent ahead of Beijing in 2008, which had live coverage in primetime. With everything on tape delay, NBC executives thought the ratings would be down by as much as 20 percent for London.

"There will always be individuals who complain about everything, and now, with social media, they have a megaphone to broadcast their opinions over the Internet," said Joe Tripodi, chief marketing and commercial officer at Coca-Cola. "I much prefer the NBC broadcast to theirs," he said, adding that the ratings have been "stellar." Coke is one of the biggest advertisers this year and an Olympic sponsor since 1928.

I thought the men's gymnastics coverage last night was particularly sucky. Based on what they gave, it was hard to have any idea about what was going on, and other than showing the Japanese winner and the American 3rd place finisher, we saw almost no other routines. Thumbs down for that coverage.

Has anyone noticed anything "political" in NBCs coverage?
I have not but I know someone who believes they have....but they won't give me an example, just tells me I haven't been listening or I don't understand politics LOL
so anyone seen the Liberal Obama slant to NBC coverage?

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Has anyone noticed anything "political" in NBCs coverage?
I have not but I know someone who believes they have....but they won't give me an example, just tells me I haven't been listening or I don't understand politics LOL
so anyone seen the Liberal Obama slant to NBC coverage?

Has anyone noticed anything "political" in NBCs coverage?
I have not but I know someone who believes they have....but they won't give me an example, just tells me I haven't been listening or I don't understand politics LOL
so anyone seen the Liberal Obama slant to NBC coverage?

Please, take this to Area 51.

why? It's about the Olympics coverage. Just because I put the Presidents name in it, it still concerns NBC's coverage.

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@Phoenix Mercury

How come Dominique Dawes, Jaycie Phelps and Amy Chow weren't featured in that NBC mini special about the Magnificent 7? They were also selling the bullshit that the Magnificent Seven clinched the gold, because of Strug's vault. They had already clinched the gold before that vault.

How come Dominique Dawes, Jaycie Phelps and Amy Chow weren't featured in that NBC mini special about the Magnificent 7? They were also selling the bullshit that the Magnificent Seven clinched the gold, because of Strug's vault. They had already clinched the gold before that vault.

Keep up the great work NBC.

Im sorry gymnastics fans but showing a whole halfnhour of this instead of more of the volleyball match was such BS.

How come Dominique Dawes, Jaycie Phelps and Amy Chow weren't featured in that NBC mini special about the Magnificent 7? They were also selling the bullshit that the Magnificent Seven clinched the gold, because of Strug's vault. They had already clinched the gold before that vault.

Keep up the great work NBC.

The only mention of Kerri needing the 2nd vault is in the audio from that night, the vaults of Dominique Moceanu and Kerri Strug are show full with audio, the person narrating doesn't say anything about her needing the vault and even Bob Costas mentions that she didn't need the 2nd vault, but at the time the team didn't know because Russia hadn't completed their floor rotation yet.

How come Dominique Dawes, Jaycie Phelps and Amy Chow weren't featured in that NBC mini special about the Magnificent 7? They were also selling the bullshit that the Magnificent Seven clinched the gold, because of Strug's vault. They had already clinched the gold before that vault.

Keep up the great work NBC.

Im sorry gymnastics fans but showing a whole halfnhour of this instead of more of the volleyball match was such BS.

I was really looking foward to this, especially since NBC has been hyping it all week. what a disappointment.